§ 56. Mr. Albuasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the nature of the special duties to be undertaken by the second Deputy Director of Dockyards.
§ Mr. J. P. L. ThomasI assume that the Question relates to the second Deputy Director of Dockyards who is shown in the Navy Estimates for 1952–53 as being borne temporarily for special service. This officer has been appointed for the purpose of revising and rewriting the technical portions of the Home Dockyard Regulations and also the Professional Officers' Instructions which were last revised in 1925 and 1909 respectively.